In 1975 Alan Sneed wet his whistle behind the radio mic...Alan was working at Kuhlman-Murphy Distributors.
As Alan Douglas on the radio, theoretically he went from selling hops to hosting sock hops.
He joined W-149 first as a part-time DJ then took over morning drive.
So, what was happening at WROL 1490 in 1975?
Gary Adkins was PD and Bob Hamilton started the year in the AM time slot. Gary was working afternoons on the AOR formatted station.
WROL/W-149 was affiliated with NBC and even carried the Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl on January 1 to kick off the new year.
Other voices heard on the station were Dave Elrod, Leslie Shelor, Frank Costa, Bill Johnson, and Steve Clark.
In December 1975 the station was sold to Radio Knoxville Inc. owned by Bob Blow Sr and Jr and Bob Gross, they were Jackson TN based.
The studios were at 1830 White Ave and Sam Thrower had served as President and General Manager.
...by the spring of 1976 15QQQQQQQ was hatched!